Graduate Students in the Department of Politics

 

Cristobal Aninat

4th Year,
Ph.D.

Major: Political Economy
Interests:

Tamar Asadurian

3rd year, Ph.D.

Major: International Relations

Roxanne Bhappu

3rd year, master's

Major: International Relations
Interests: democracy studies and conflict resolution

Zoe Yun-Ju Chen

1st year, master's

Major: International Politics and International Business.
Interest: Interaction between political situation and economic performance in international arena. International business and International organizations in East Asia.

Maria S. Constantinescu

A.B.D.

Major: Political Theory
Interests: Religion and Politics in the Renaissance and the Enlightenment

Carolina Curvale

2nd year, Ph.D.

Major: Political Economy

Stephen Flanders

4th year, Ph.D.

Major: International Relations
Interests: international security; U.S. foreign policy; military strategy; peacekeeping; media and politics

Suzanne Fry

A.B.D.

Major: Comparative Politics 

Interests: State Legitimation; Weber; Violence Studies.

Gary C. Gambill

3rd year, PhD

Major: International Relations
Interests: US foreign policy in the Middle East
Website: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~gcg209/

Jennifer Gandhi

6th year, Ph.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: political economy of development

Matt Golder

5th year, Ph.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: Parties and Party Systems, French politics and history; European Union politics, methodology
Website: http://pages.nyu.edu/~mrg217

Sona Nadenichek Golder

A.B.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: Parties and Electoral Coalitions, French and European politics; methodology
Website: http://home.nyu.edu/~sln202/

Claudia Halbac

4th year, Ph.D.

Major: Political Economy
Interests: property issues

Kevin R. Kosar

A.B.D.

Major: Political Theory
Dissertation: National Educational Standards and Federal Politics
Website: http://www.alcoholreviews.com/kkosar/

Marcelo Lacombe

5th year, Ph.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: political economy of economic transitions; constitutional theory; 
parliamentarism and presidentialism 

Azi Lev-On

4th year, Ph.D.

Major: Political Theory
Interests: Democracy and Internet: Information and Coordination

Carmela Lutmar

6th year, Ph.D.

Major: International Relations
Interests: theories of war and peace; methodology

Rodrigo Mardones

4th year, Ph.D.

Major: Political Economy
Interests: reform of the state in Latin America, including public management reform, decentralization, and regulation

Patricio Navia

A.B.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: electoral laws; party systems
Website: http://pages.nyu.edu/~pdn200

Michael Nest

A.B.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: African politics (particularly Democratic Republic of Congo); theories of the state; foreign aid and development

Gulenay Ozbek

6th year, Ph.D.

Major: Political Economy
Interests: income redistribution; political economy of development.

Costas Panagopoulos

2nd year, Ph.D.

Major: American Politics

Interests: voting behavior, campaigns and elections, campaign management, political communication, political participation.

Ki-Soo Park

 

Major: International Relations
Interests: international political economy in the era of globalization; international organizations and national sovereignty

Asli Peker

4th year, Ph.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: Middle East; nationalism; national identity; nation-state formation

Beth Posner

6th year, Ph.D.

Major: American Politics
Interests: political participation; race and politics; Congress

Sebastian Saiegh

4th year, Ph.D.

Major: Political Economy
Interests: federalism; legislative institutions; Latin American politics
Website: http://pages.nyu.edu/~sms267

Larisa Satara

5th year, Ph.D.

Major: International Relations
Interests: international conflict and cooperation

Erica Schatz

2nd year, master's

Major: International Relations
Interests: Asia (particularly Japan) and security issues

Melissa Schwartzberg

A.B.D.

Major: Political Theory
Interests: constitutional and democratic theory; history of political thought

Cindy Simon

3rd year, Ph.D.

Major: American Politics
Interests: political participation in the U.S.

Huan Wang

2nd year, Ph.D.

Major: Political Theory

Interests: Group conflict, social order.

Covadonga M. Yebra

Visiting scholar

Major: Political Economy
Interests: "Learning and Economic Policy Choices: A Comparative Analysis Along Bayesian Lines" (dissertation)

Hani Zubida

4th year, Ph.D.

Major: Comparative Politics
Interests: Electoral Studies in the US and Europe; Israeli Politics, particularly electoral studies, the peace process and social welfare; Middle Eastern politics and government.